Job 35:2
Does it seem to you to be right, and righteousness before God, to say,
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God’s?
In Context
1And Elihu made answer and said,
3What profit is it to me, and how am I better off than if I had done wrong?
Cross References
Job 9:17For I would be crushed by his storm, my wounds would be increased without cause.
Job 16:17Though my hands have done no violent acts, and my prayer is clean.
Job 27:2By the life of God, who has taken away my right; and of the Ruler of all, who has made my soul bitter;
Job 34:5For Job has said, I am upright, and it is God who has taken away my right;
Matthew 12:36And I say to you that in the day when they are judged, men will have to give an account of every foolish word they have said.
Matthew Henry on Job 35:2-9
The Address of Elihu. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Elihu spake moreover, and said, 2 Thinkest thou this to be right, that thou saidst, My righteousness is more than God's? 3 For thou saidst, What advantage will it be unto thee? and, What profit shall I have, if I be cleansed from my sin? 4 I will answer thee, and thy companions with thee. 5 Look unto the heavens, and see; and behold the clouds which are higher than thou. 6 If thou sinnest, what doest thou against him? or if thy transgressions be multiplied, what doest thou… Read the whole commentary →